Most of Portugal’s 250,000 university students boycotted classes in a one-day strike to protest a law that requires them to contribute $330 a year toward the cost of higher education, previously paying $7 per year.
A.year toward the cost of higher education, previously paying $7 per year
B.year toward the cost of higher education, for which was previously paid $7 per year
C.year, compared to the previously $7 per year, toward the cost of higher education
D.year toward the cost of higher education, instead of the $7 per year required previously
E.year as opposed to the $7 per year required previously for the cost of higher education
C选项的 the previously $7 per year is awkward，而且 根据意思toward the cost of higher education应该紧接在year后面，这样句子看起来比较整洁作者: Jwf 时间: 2010-6-4 16:31
对称性。
句意是$330与$7进行比较，所以排除AB。CDE中，CE的for the cost of higher education会引起歧义--究竟是$330还是$7是为了higher education--不明确，所以相比之下，D最好。作者: Jwf 时间: 2010-6-4 16:31
明白没？作者: myice 时间: 2011-5-9 10:15
A) "previously paying $7 per year" should refer to the students, which would make it a noun modifier, which is required to be placed next to the noun it modifies. It isn't. Incorrect.
B) this time the phrase isn't even clear - "for which was previously paid" makes no sense
C) "previously" is an adverb and should refer to a verb, but $7 is a noun - you'd need the adjective "previous" here. And really you'd want to say something like "compared to the previous requirement of $7 per year"
D) I'm not a huge fan of this source. I assume the reason to eliminate this one is non-specification that the $7 per year required previously was specifically required for higher education. But I don't think the real test would make this the only distinction. They might also try to claim something's wrong with "instead of" (rather than "as opposed to" in answer E), but instead of can properly refer to a noun, as it does here... so it's fine.
E) See above.
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